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The leader of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, has been arraigned before the High Court in Abuja over an alleged $2.33 million money laundering scheme.
Bodejo was docked on 12 counts bordering on alleged violations of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022. He pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
Following his plea, the prosecution counsel, Wahab Shittu (SAN), urged the court to remand the defendant in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service pending trial and requested that a date be fixed for the commencement of proceedings.
The defence counsel, Ahmed Raji (SAN), however, asked the court to admit Bodejo to bail, relying on a bail application filed on June 30, 2026.
Objecting to the request, Shittu argued that Bodejo was a flight risk and could interfere with the prosecution’s case if released.
He told the court that the Department of State Services (DSS) was “on the watch out for him,” adding that “being an influential person, he may manipulate the witnesses and progress of the case.”
After hearing both parties, Justice Inyang Ekwo ordered that Bodejo be remanded in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s custody and adjourned the matter until July 20 to rule on the bail application.
The anti-graft agency alleged that Bodejo received about $2.33 million in cash through transactions conducted outside the banking system, contrary to the provisions of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
One of the charges accused him of accepting $100,000 in cash from a former Accountant-General of Bauchi State, Sa’idu Abubakar, without routing the payment through a financial institution.
“That you, Bello Abdullahi Bodejo… did knowingly and wilfully, without lawful authority or excuse, accept a cash payment of the sum of One Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (USD $100,000.00)… without routing the said transaction through a financial institution as required by law,” the charge read in part.
Another count alleged that Bodejo accepted an additional $980,000 in cash from the same individual in February 2024, also in violation of the law.
“That you… did knowingly and wilfully, without lawful authority or excuse, accept a cash payment of the sum of Nine Hundred and Eighty Thousand United States Dollars (USD $980,000.00)… without routing the said transaction through a financial institution as required by law.”
According to the EFCC, the alleged offences form part of a 12-count charge involving cash transactions totalling approximately $2.33 million, which the agency said were carried out in breach of Nigeria’s anti-money laundering laws.
EFCC Arraigns Miyetti Allah Leader, Bodejo for Alleged $2.33m Crime
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, July 9, 2026 arraigned the leader of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo before Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja,… pic.twitter.com/RAIHK9g9N0
— EFCC Nigeria (@officialEFCC) July 9, 2026
